D’Angelo, A, Ganotakis, P and Love, JH orcid.org/0000-0003-3478-685X (2020) Learning by exporting under fast, short-term changes: The moderating role of absorptive capacity and foreign collaborative agreements. International Business Review, 29 (3). 101687. ISSN 0969-5931
Abstract
What are the consequences for innovation of fast, short-term changes in exporting activity? Building on the learning by exporting literature and using a sample of 880 Italian manufacturing firms over two successive time periods, our study reveals key asymmetries. First, a rapid increase in export breadth, but not in export depth, reduces the firm’s probability of developing new innovative outputs. Second, no such effects are found in the case of a decrease in firms’ exporting activity. Third, both absorptive capacity and foreign collaborative agreements facilitate the absorption of the shock occurring when firms experience a rapid increase in export breadth, but not when the rapid increase takes place in export depth. Theoretical and managerial implications emerge from this research.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Crown Copyright © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Keywords: | Absorptive capacity; Collaborative agreements; Learning by exporting; Product innovation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > International Business Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2020 09:17 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jun 2022 13:16 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2020.101687 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:156987 |